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President of the TUC, Bobboi Kaigama
during a lecture at the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife yesterday, recommended the death penalty for any
public official who is indicted in any financial crime above N1million.
During his lecture which was titled
"‘Corruption and challenges in nation-building’, Kaigama said tougher
sanctions such as his suggestion would make the government's crusade against
corruption more sincere
"If the governments and legislators are truly sincere
about the fight against corruption in the country, they must go tougher. Any
public official, whether at the state or federal level, should be executed.
Killing them after confirmation of any embezzlement allegation of more than N1m
will lead us to the right path.
“I sincerely recommend an active
process of legislation that would support that. It would also serve the nation
well to have a law which not only provides for every public office holder to
declare his assets on assuming office, but also stipulate that he must repeat
the exercise each subsequent year that he is in office and not later than one
month after vacating the office. Such declaration should be in at least three
newspapers and not just to the Code of Conduct Bureau.” he said
He advocated for public officer's to
be compelled to declare their assets when they assume office as well as get
banned from occupying any political office if found guilty of any corruptible
act. Who agrees with him?
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